Pathfinder for The Presidents Research

Assignment
List of USA Presidents in Chronological order
1.George Washington 1789 -1797

23. Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893

2. John Adams 1797-1801

24. Grover Cleveland 1893-1897

3. Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809

25. William McKinley 1897-1901

4. James Madison 1809-1817

26. Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909

5. James Monroe 1817-1825

27. William Howard Taft 1909-1913

6. John Quincy Adams 1825-1829

28. Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

7. Andrew Jackson 1829-1837

8. Martin Van Buren 1837-1841
9. William Henry Harrison 18411841
10. John Tyler 1841-1845

29. Warren Gamaliel Harding 19211923

30. Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929
31. Herbert Clark Hoover 19291933

11. James Knox Polk 1845-1849

32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 19331945

12. Zachary Taylor 1849-1850

33. Harry S. Truman 1945-1953

13. Millard Fillmore 1850-1853

34. Dwight David Eisenhower 19531961

14. Franklin Pierce 1853-1857

15. James Buchanan 1857-1861
16. Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865

35. John Fitzgerald Kennedy 19611963

17. Andrew Johnson 1865-1869

36. Lyndon Baines Johnson 19631969

18. Ulysses Simpson Grant 18691877

37. Richard Milhous Nixon 19691974

19. Rutherford Birchard Hayes

1877-1881

38. Gerald Rudolph Ford 1974-1977

20. James Abram Garfield 1881

21. Chester Alan Arthur 1881-1885

39. James Earl Carter Jr. 1977-1981

40. Ronald Wilson Reagan 19811989

22. Grover Cleveland 1885-1889

41. George Herbert Walker Bush

1989-1993
42. William Jefferson Clinton 19932001
43. George Walker Bush 2001-2009
44. Barack Hussein Obama 2009
present.

Online Databases
LAUSD Digital Library databases can be an excellent
source when looking for good quality information. These
databases are District approved and guaranteed to contain
accurate, high quality information
To access Digital library Databases you need to:
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Go to Robert Fulton College Prep website

Find Library portal (under quick links)
Click on the Digital Library icon
Click on the title of the database that you wish is
use
5. Use your power keywords to search the databases for
useful information

LAUSD Digital Databases:

American National Biography

Britannica Online

ABC-Clio
Gale Databases: Biography In Context, General
Reference Center, Student Resources In Context
Salem Press - History

 World Book

Internet sites
If you are going to use other websites using different search
engines, keep in mind that not all of the websites include
accurate and unbiased information. To be on the safe side,
use the websites that end with .org, .edu, .net and, .gov,
because they were created by organizations, educational
institutions (schools), networks, and government
organizations and should contain accurate information.
Also remember to use:
Boolean operators like AND, OR, and NOT to make
your search fit your needs

Double quote marks to enclose a phrase will get you

where you want to go quickly

A good thesaurus to find alternate wordings

Suggested websites to help conduct your

research:
Presidents of the United States: http://www.potus.com/
Presidentsusa.net: http://www.presidentsusa.net/
Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/